The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 3 AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS

1.  In regulation 21(1ZA)(b)(1) (calculation of income on a weekly basis) for “working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit” there shall be substituted “working tax credit or child tax credit”.

2.  In regulation 21A(2) (treatment of child care charges) –

(a) in paragraph (8) before “tax credit” in each place where those words occur there shall be inserted “child care element of working”, and

(b) for paragraph (9)(b) there shall be substituted the following –

“(b) in paragraph (8) “child care element” of working tax credit means the element of working tax credit prescribed under section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(3) (child care element).”.

3.  In regulation 43A(4) (diminishing notional capital rule) paragraph (3)(b)(5) and (d)(6) and paragraph (4)(b)(7) and (d)(8) shall be omitted.

4.  In regulation 105(1)(b)(9) (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits) “, family credit or disability working allowance” shall be omitted.

5.  In paragraph 12(1)(a)(i)(10) of Schedule 2 (additional condition for the higher pensioner and disability premiums) for “disabled person’s tax credit” there shall be substituted “the disability element or the severe disability element of working tax credit as specified in regulation 20(1)(b) and (f) of the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002(11)”.

(1)

Regulation 21(1ZA) was inserted by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 2000 No. 221

(2)

Regulation 21A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1994 No. 274 and for paragraphs (7) and (8) there were substituted paragraphs (7) to (10) by regulation 4(4) of S.R. 2002 No. 363

(3)

2002 c. 21

(4)

Regulation 43A was inserted by regulation 6 of S.R. 1990 No. 345

(5)

Paragraph (3) was amended and sub-paragraph (b) was added by regulation 5(a) of S.R. 1991 No. 47 and sub-paragraph (b) was amended by Part I of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1999 No. 385

(6)

Sub-paragraph (d) was added by regulation 8(a)(iii) of S.R. 1992 No. 404 and amended by regulation 8(a)(ii) of S.R. 1996 No. 334 and Part I of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1999 No. 385

(7)

Paragraph (4) was amended and sub-paragraph (b) was added by regulation 5(b) of S.R. 1991 No. 47 and sub-paragraph (b) was amended by Part I of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1999 No. 385

(8)

Sub-paragraph (d) was added by regulation 8(b)(iii) of S.R. 1992 No. 404 and amended by regulation 8(b)(ii) of S.R. 1996 No. 334 and Part II of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1999 No. 385

(9)

Regulation 105(1)(b) was amended by regulation 11(3)(b) of S.R. 1992 No. 6

(10)

Paragraph 12(1)(a)(i) was amended by regulation 17(a)(i) of S.R. 1988 No. 424, regulation 11(4)(b)(i) of S.R. 1992 No. 6, regulation 11(a)(i) of S.R. 1994 No. 335, regulation 8(a)(i) and 8(a)(ii) of S.R. 1995 No. 129 and regulation 2(2) and Part II of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1999 No. 385

(11)

S.I. 2002/2005